Security forces searching area around Beit El settlement after incident at nearby checkpoint; no other injuries

Vote pits nuclear deal’s supporters who urge greater openness against conservatives warning of Western ‘plundering powers’

Reeling from massive breach of federal personnel records, defense department to boost defensive measures by $900m this year

Veteran Hamas gunmen among those slipping into Egypt, sources say; Cairo aware of the trend and trying to stop it

In 1962, in his first year at the University of Chicago, the 20-year-old from New York became an early agitator for equality

Despite the exclusion of many of their candidates by the ruling ayatollahs, reformists hope for gains in poll

Some 60 percent of candidates disqualified by clerics, who must also approve the results of Friday’s vote

In Thursday debate, Republican hopefuls tackle maverick frontrunner’s record on immigration